The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-16

and the commissioner good liquor have
most disqualified me, or his signal sue
cess as a farmer has best qualified him
to sit IL Judgment on the merits OF the
board. Just here, as an act OF simple
justice to Col. Butler, let me say that ]
neither drank any of his liquor nor did
take drink with him during M stay
n Columbia.)
The board of agriculture comprises a
membership of five. One Of these posi-
tions WAS filed for two years 10y Gov
eYnor Hagood and four years by Gov
ernor Thompson. Charges OF the nature
preferred by Capt. Tiiiman will not hold
good against this fifth Of the uo&rd IN
She eyes of the public. Col. J. \. Lips
comb, for four years secretary OF State
and master OF the State Grange, is
another member of the board. Who are
tie best judges Of Col. Lipscomb's lit
ness for Office, the people of South Caro-
lima, who have twice endorsed him for
the responsible position of secretary OF
State, and the farmers. who have unln-
terrupted!y chosen linn for chief OF their
Order, or those who are miserable fail
ures in their own avoc;ition? \ third
membership has been filed by Col. D..
P. Duncan. I can point to no more
conclusive evidence Of his fitness and
capacity for the position than the fact
that he has been repeatedly chosen by
the most progressive and lnte!lgent
farmers and mechanics for president Of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Society
OF the State. ". D. johnson, large
and successful planter, who was chan
cellcr under the old regime. IS fourth
member, and AIr. \. S. J. Perry, q nler-
cha;t, is the fifth and last p2eiabcr Of
the board.
To Mr.. Perry energy and enterprise
toe State IS indebted to a large extent
for basing the estimate of the royalty
paid by the Coosav Company on crude
rock instead Of dried rock, q measure
which resulted IN the recovery of 81
963.i6 for tie State and au annual in
crease IN It's revenue OF 5000. The
operations o. the boari; OF agriculture
were made an object Of scrutiny by the
economlc caucus CT the Legislature in
December, 1885, which was so micro
scopic in It's ideas OF retrencLment as 10
be dubbed ''three for quarter. . This
investigation was conducted b. Repre-
sentative Pope, the recognized leader OF
the economic wing of the House, and
for the information Of the public, and
that certain party may be struck with
another realization of his own errors
and the errors Of those around him." l
viii quote g synopsis Of the report as
given by the News and Courier Decem-
Der ,, 1857:
M. Pope presented IN elaborate
statistical! report, fully endorsing the
hureau Of agriculture, and stating that
any interference with The bureau at this
time would be unw;se and iujudicioas.
\ long discussion followed Everybody
endorsed the b2ceau.' Stimulated, no
doubt, by the criticisms of Ca;t. TIL
men, 20 the effect that the board Of agri-
cu!tura was spending lots Of money in
lawyers fees, when We had al attorney
general with > G;g salary to attend to
such matters, Mr.. G. ". Shell, OF LaU-
re1s, introduced resolution in the
Apri! CoG;eation, which the News and
Courier considered Capt. Giliman's
Ccnveot:on 81 the way through" ap-
pointing committee of three to investi-
gate the charges.
Nessrs. Shell, Dargan and Davis were
appointed on the committee TO obtain
the desired information. The commit
tee, by way of a report, introduced Col.
L. a. Ransom, who would explain the
matter fully to the Convention. At the
close Of Col. E.ansom's statement, which
the Columbia correspondent Of the
News and Courier said was very clear
and explicit. ''Senator Taibert moved
that the report Of the agricultural bureau
be received as entirely satisfactory to
this Convention. Mr.. Dargan moved to
amend by returning the thanks Of the
Convention to Mr.. Racsom for his plain
and explicit statement. He was glad to
see that the be eau had the judgment to
retain in its service SO level-hcaded an
officer. Adopted amidst applause.
Inview of charges of extravaganza and
maladnlinistration against the State
Government specifically made by Capt.
Tillman, Mr.. Prince, Of Anderson, IN
troduced in the same Convention q reso-
luton providing for committee Of ten
to examine the books and Offices Of the
several State departments. This resolu-
ton was referred to the committee on
resolutions, and was reported back with
the following comment by the said com.
mittee: s!The committee On rules and
resolutions beg leave to report that they
have carefully considered the resolution
submitted by Mr.. Prince in reference to
the appointment of committee to IN
vestigate and report il reference to
State officers, and reflections on said
officers for extravaganza and maladmin-
istration, and we are satisfied that said
repor. or reports are unfounded and un-
warranted, and we respectfully recon-
mend that said committee be not ap-
pointed. The report OF the committee
was adopted without dissent, thus tabling
the resolution. We thus see my brass
endorsed and Capt. Tillnan's charges
refutea amid applause and by the nnani,
nous voice Of his own Convention.
Capt. Tillman says I have failed to
point out IN what way the farmers are
benefited by the board OF agriculture,
and do not show where the $40, ,0G0 they
have spent has gone, aud cannot show
any adequate results Of its expenditure.
[ have just replied to Capt. Tlilman in
the language Of his own Convention. ]
vii row reply to him il his own Ian
guage IL section 'S, Of series OF
resolutions introduced into the -ApriI
Convention, and known as the T:llman